Frontiers: The interdisciplinary journal of study abroad, Apr 27, 2017
On the morning of March 22, 2016, two men pushed luggage trolleys containing suitcases laden with... more On the morning of March 22, 2016, two men pushed luggage trolleys containing suitcases laden with nail bombs into the departure hall of the Brussels airport and detonated them. About an hour later, a third suicide bomber detonated a nail bomb in a subway train at the Maelbeek metro station near central Brussels. These attacks claimed the lives of 32 victims plus three suicide bombers and caused over 300 injuries, many severe. My 17 U.S. students and I were in Brussels that day, about halfway through our three-month semester abroad program that I lead each year. As we left our apartments near the Maelbeek metro station and took our daily walk through the city to the Belgian university with whom we partner, we were unaware of the tragic events taking place close by. Only when my students, upon arriving at the university, opened their computers to check the morning's social media updates-and officially to resume work on their assignment-was it apparent something was going on. I began to hear, "What the heck…??" and similar exclamations from the students, as the reporting of events unfolded. The initial response was incredulity that something like this could be happening so near to us, but soon we heard helicopters and sirens, and the word came through the school to shelter in place. We gathered in the school cafeteria with the Belgian students and their professors, everyone looking at everyone else and shaking their heads in disbelief that such terror could happen in the laid-back atmosphere of Belgium. I emailed my university to report that our 17 students were safe, and our university president announced the fact to the campus. My students notified their parents. One of the students had contacts at a hometown television station and did a Skype interview for the local market, to say that we were all safe. The next day the Brussels university as well as many shops and offices were closed; we remained in our apartments or close by, and except for the helicopters and sirens the city was quiet as the tally of the dead and injured began to mount. The attacks brutally affected several hundred people in the airport departure hall and in the subway station. But the consequences immediately spread to thousands of people elsewhere in the airport and throughout the Brussels transit system, both of which immediately shut down. Ramifications then spread to hundreds of thousands of persons affected by disrupted travel throughout Europe, and then, I believe it safe to say, to millions of persons who learned of the events through the media. The New York Times reported, for example, that "the bombings paralyzed Brussels, the headquarters of the European Union and NATO, prompted international travel warnings to avoid Belgium, and reverberated across the Atlantic to the United States, where New York and other major cities raised terrorism threat levels. Anxieties intensified about the inability to prevent mass killings at relatively unprotected places."
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Journal of The American Planning Association, Dec 31, 1988
... APA JOURNAL 484 Page 4. the difficulty of reusing the church sanctuary, a visit to the local ... more ... APA JOURNAL 484 Page 4. the difficulty of reusing the church sanctuary, a visit to the local Tax Act reviewer might have spared the historic monument and provided the intended housing as well. pose a problem, given current standards for office space configuration. ...
Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad
When terrorists bombed the Brussels airport and metro in March 2016, seventeen U.S. university st... more When terrorists bombed the Brussels airport and metro in March 2016, seventeen U.S. university students were in Brussels, halfway through a faculty-led semester abroad program. Although the students were unharmed, they encountered deep concern for their safety, and the future of study abroad programs in Brussels was immediately put into question. Two days after the attacks they recorded their reactions to the bombings, to the aftermath they experienced in Brussels, and to a question as to whether the study abroad program should be terminated. This essay records, in the students’ own words, their responses to the horrific and unimaginable events, and it records the students’ views on the future of study abroad programs in a time of uncertainty. The students unanimously expressed resolve that despite the trauma they had no regrets about participating in the study abroad program and that such tragic events should not lead to a withdrawal of study abroad opportunities in the future....
Standing in long lines in the shops, coaxing clean laundry from an outdated washing machine, trav... more Standing in long lines in the shops, coaxing clean laundry from an outdated washing machine, traveling despite unpredictable train schedules, and being without hot water, fruit, and vegetables through the gray winter months failed to dull Paul Gleye s perceptions during the year he lived in Weimar, East Germany. Day by day Gleye documented his varied observations and experiences, unaware that they would prove a unique record of what would soon be an extinct society.Gleye was in East Germany as a Fulbright lecturer. Living beyond the capital city of East Berlin and traveling and conversing freely, Gleye gained access to people and places that had been almost completely closed to Americans and other Westerners for decades."
Planning as a profession in the United States has a bifurcated heritage of design-oriented physic... more Planning as a profession in the United States has a bifurcated heritage of design-oriented physical planning and policy-oriented socioeconomic planning. This fundamental dichotomy continues to divide the profession into two distinct interests and two distinct approaches to urban issues, a tension that is especially problematic today, given the dominance of a design orientation in urban development and the dominance of a policy orientation in the planning profession. The author reviews this dual heritage and its underlying attitudes and concludes by making five recommendations that can assist the planning profession to recapture its unique role, to strengthen its ability to address contemporary urban issues, and to become a stronger player vis-à-vis architects and civil engineers in guiding the future of American cities.
Journal of the American Planning Association, 1988
... APA JOURNAL 484 Page 4. the difficulty of reusing the church sanctuary, a visit to the local ... more ... APA JOURNAL 484 Page 4. the difficulty of reusing the church sanctuary, a visit to the local Tax Act reviewer might have spared the historic monument and provided the intended housing as well. pose a problem, given current standards for office space configuration. ...
Journal of the American Planning Association, 1988
... APA JOURNAL 484 Page 4. the difficulty of reusing the church sanctuary, a visit to the local ... more ... APA JOURNAL 484 Page 4. the difficulty of reusing the church sanctuary, a visit to the local Tax Act reviewer might have spared the historic monument and provided the intended housing as well. pose a problem, given current standards for office space configuration. ...
The identity of Santa Fe, New Mexico, is explored through six characteristics that are independen... more The identity of Santa Fe, New Mexico, is explored through six characteristics that are independent of the "Santa Fe Style" of architecture.
Seventeen American students on a faculty-led study abroad program were in Brussels on the day of ... more Seventeen American students on a faculty-led study abroad program were in Brussels on the day of the terrorist attacks on March 22, 2016. In this paper they relate their experiences and emotional responses, and the author concludes with recommendations on how we might prepare students for the unfathomable and how they can best communicate their situation to others.
Planning as a profession in the United States has a bifurcated heritage of design-oriented physic... more Planning as a profession in the United States has a bifurcated heritage of design-oriented physical planning and policy-oriented socioeconomic planning. This fundamental dichotomy continues to divide the profession into two distinct interests and two distinct approaches to urban issues, a tension that is especially problematic today, given the dominance of a design orientation in urban development and the dominance of a policy orientation in the planning profession. The author reviews this dual heritage and its underlying attitudes and concludes by making five recommendations that can assist the planning profession to recapture its unique role, to strengthen its ability to address contemporary urban issues, and to become a stronger player vis-à-vis architects and civil engineers in guiding the future of American cities.
Frontiers: The interdisciplinary journal of study abroad, Apr 27, 2017
On the morning of March 22, 2016, two men pushed luggage trolleys containing suitcases laden with... more On the morning of March 22, 2016, two men pushed luggage trolleys containing suitcases laden with nail bombs into the departure hall of the Brussels airport and detonated them. About an hour later, a third suicide bomber detonated a nail bomb in a subway train at the Maelbeek metro station near central Brussels. These attacks claimed the lives of 32 victims plus three suicide bombers and caused over 300 injuries, many severe. My 17 U.S. students and I were in Brussels that day, about halfway through our three-month semester abroad program that I lead each year. As we left our apartments near the Maelbeek metro station and took our daily walk through the city to the Belgian university with whom we partner, we were unaware of the tragic events taking place close by. Only when my students, upon arriving at the university, opened their computers to check the morning's social media updates-and officially to resume work on their assignment-was it apparent something was going on. I began to hear, "What the heck…??" and similar exclamations from the students, as the reporting of events unfolded. The initial response was incredulity that something like this could be happening so near to us, but soon we heard helicopters and sirens, and the word came through the school to shelter in place. We gathered in the school cafeteria with the Belgian students and their professors, everyone looking at everyone else and shaking their heads in disbelief that such terror could happen in the laid-back atmosphere of Belgium. I emailed my university to report that our 17 students were safe, and our university president announced the fact to the campus. My students notified their parents. One of the students had contacts at a hometown television station and did a Skype interview for the local market, to say that we were all safe. The next day the Brussels university as well as many shops and offices were closed; we remained in our apartments or close by, and except for the helicopters and sirens the city was quiet as the tally of the dead and injured began to mount. The attacks brutally affected several hundred people in the airport departure hall and in the subway station. But the consequences immediately spread to thousands of people elsewhere in the airport and throughout the Brussels transit system, both of which immediately shut down. Ramifications then spread to hundreds of thousands of persons affected by disrupted travel throughout Europe, and then, I believe it safe to say, to millions of persons who learned of the events through the media. The New York Times reported, for example, that "the bombings paralyzed Brussels, the headquarters of the European Union and NATO, prompted international travel warnings to avoid Belgium, and reverberated across the Atlantic to the United States, where New York and other major cities raised terrorism threat levels. Anxieties intensified about the inability to prevent mass killings at relatively unprotected places."
Page 1. !♦ fe^p BeHind thelWail An American in East Germany, 1988-89 Paul Gleye Page 2. ... Page ... more Page 1. !♦ fe^p BeHind thelWail An American in East Germany, 1988-89 Paul Gleye Page 2. ... Page 4. Page 5. : Thls One 6BZK-QUG-S0HF Page 6. Page 7. Paul Gleye An American in East Germany, 1988-89 Southern Illinois University Press Carbondale and Edwardsville Page 8 ...
Journal of The American Planning Association, Dec 31, 1988
... APA JOURNAL 484 Page 4. the difficulty of reusing the church sanctuary, a visit to the local ... more ... APA JOURNAL 484 Page 4. the difficulty of reusing the church sanctuary, a visit to the local Tax Act reviewer might have spared the historic monument and provided the intended housing as well. pose a problem, given current standards for office space configuration. ...
Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad
When terrorists bombed the Brussels airport and metro in March 2016, seventeen U.S. university st... more When terrorists bombed the Brussels airport and metro in March 2016, seventeen U.S. university students were in Brussels, halfway through a faculty-led semester abroad program. Although the students were unharmed, they encountered deep concern for their safety, and the future of study abroad programs in Brussels was immediately put into question. Two days after the attacks they recorded their reactions to the bombings, to the aftermath they experienced in Brussels, and to a question as to whether the study abroad program should be terminated. This essay records, in the students’ own words, their responses to the horrific and unimaginable events, and it records the students’ views on the future of study abroad programs in a time of uncertainty. The students unanimously expressed resolve that despite the trauma they had no regrets about participating in the study abroad program and that such tragic events should not lead to a withdrawal of study abroad opportunities in the future....
Standing in long lines in the shops, coaxing clean laundry from an outdated washing machine, trav... more Standing in long lines in the shops, coaxing clean laundry from an outdated washing machine, traveling despite unpredictable train schedules, and being without hot water, fruit, and vegetables through the gray winter months failed to dull Paul Gleye s perceptions during the year he lived in Weimar, East Germany. Day by day Gleye documented his varied observations and experiences, unaware that they would prove a unique record of what would soon be an extinct society.Gleye was in East Germany as a Fulbright lecturer. Living beyond the capital city of East Berlin and traveling and conversing freely, Gleye gained access to people and places that had been almost completely closed to Americans and other Westerners for decades."
Planning as a profession in the United States has a bifurcated heritage of design-oriented physic... more Planning as a profession in the United States has a bifurcated heritage of design-oriented physical planning and policy-oriented socioeconomic planning. This fundamental dichotomy continues to divide the profession into two distinct interests and two distinct approaches to urban issues, a tension that is especially problematic today, given the dominance of a design orientation in urban development and the dominance of a policy orientation in the planning profession. The author reviews this dual heritage and its underlying attitudes and concludes by making five recommendations that can assist the planning profession to recapture its unique role, to strengthen its ability to address contemporary urban issues, and to become a stronger player vis-à-vis architects and civil engineers in guiding the future of American cities.
Journal of the American Planning Association, 1988
... APA JOURNAL 484 Page 4. the difficulty of reusing the church sanctuary, a visit to the local ... more ... APA JOURNAL 484 Page 4. the difficulty of reusing the church sanctuary, a visit to the local Tax Act reviewer might have spared the historic monument and provided the intended housing as well. pose a problem, given current standards for office space configuration. ...
Journal of the American Planning Association, 1988
... APA JOURNAL 484 Page 4. the difficulty of reusing the church sanctuary, a visit to the local ... more ... APA JOURNAL 484 Page 4. the difficulty of reusing the church sanctuary, a visit to the local Tax Act reviewer might have spared the historic monument and provided the intended housing as well. pose a problem, given current standards for office space configuration. ...
The identity of Santa Fe, New Mexico, is explored through six characteristics that are independen... more The identity of Santa Fe, New Mexico, is explored through six characteristics that are independent of the "Santa Fe Style" of architecture.
Seventeen American students on a faculty-led study abroad program were in Brussels on the day of ... more Seventeen American students on a faculty-led study abroad program were in Brussels on the day of the terrorist attacks on March 22, 2016. In this paper they relate their experiences and emotional responses, and the author concludes with recommendations on how we might prepare students for the unfathomable and how they can best communicate their situation to others.
Planning as a profession in the United States has a bifurcated heritage of design-oriented physic... more Planning as a profession in the United States has a bifurcated heritage of design-oriented physical planning and policy-oriented socioeconomic planning. This fundamental dichotomy continues to divide the profession into two distinct interests and two distinct approaches to urban issues, a tension that is especially problematic today, given the dominance of a design orientation in urban development and the dominance of a policy orientation in the planning profession. The author reviews this dual heritage and its underlying attitudes and concludes by making five recommendations that can assist the planning profession to recapture its unique role, to strengthen its ability to address contemporary urban issues, and to become a stronger player vis-à-vis architects and civil engineers in guiding the future of American cities.
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